Review: After completing a hat trick of essential releases with "Seaside Tune", Russia's king of lilting melodies, coastal flavours and sunkissed sounds returns with his latest must have release. Back once again on his own Mellophonia imprint, A Vision Of Panorama invites us aboard his luxury yacht for a carefree journey across the ocean. Opening with the animalistic chatter of the Brazilian cuica and a chirping synth melody, "Two Birds" instantly transports us to tropical climes where the breeze plays among the palm trees and the clear waters kiss the white sand. Title track "New Horizons" sees the tempo drop to a languid strut as the fretless bassline takes our dancing bodies under its control. The bright tuned percussion, misty pads and mystical woodwind offer light and shade at the top end, while that Balearic beat should keep the dancefloor moving. As we follow the suns arc onto the B-side, A Vision Of Panorama turns up the heat and the tempo for the beachside proto-house peach "Coastal Waves". The deep and warm...

Review: Alden Tyrell dusts off his Italo guise for another synthetic sojourn into all things dramatic and cinematic. "Dance Of The Happy Shadows" sets the scene; a Vangelis-themed disco set 50 years in the future. "I Rarely Talk To Strangers" is a more introspective journey with a Moroderish arpeggio peppered with staccato cosmic chords. Both parts of "J Is For Jupiter" drive us towards the tunnel-end light. Overwhelmingly positive chords hit hard on the first part before a spiralling Terjeian hook drives the very final stretch.

Review: Yam Who?'s Midnight Riot is back with another volume of funky, party starting edits, so come and get your fix. Aashton's "Pride" samples the diva vocals of you know who on this smooth and soulful number. Peza's "Black Gold" is pure classic disco, reminiscent of Salsoul, possibly? Fabiolous Barker's "The Paradise" has that retro and Balearic vibe that fans of labels like Love On The Rocks and Efficient Space will certainly dig. "The Jam" by Rayko is a re-edit of you guessed it: Technotronic's "Pump Up The Jam".

Review: Originally taking form as Universal Robot Band's dreamy instrumental disco cut "Thyme" in 1977, within a year of its release Patrick Adams invited Marta Acuna to add suitably yearning, hazy vocal. Adding to the silky groove's allure without taking any of its original soul, Marta elevated an already pristine track into a real moment that embodies the deeper, most soulful aspects of late 70s disco. A highly authentic P&P reissue.

Review: Ad Bourke and Rotla are Italy's answer to Floating Points and the rest of the nu-school, nu-jazz crew. The two Roman beat soldiers are a constant presence on our radars, always keeping things fresh and in flux. They land head-high on the young and vibrant Really Swing label with these naughty three cuts, spread across two sides of 10" wax - our favourite format. "Ostia 1982" makes reference to Rome's decadent riviera and the italo-disco movement, where its 4/4 disco licks dominate the A-side with pride and mystique. "Traffic Jam" is a wonky boogie chiller with liquid-like electro bass tones, and "Foresta" heads down the jazzy pastures that these two usually like to indulge in; the tune is a magnificent excursion into a deep and chimerical world of percussion and ethereal sonics. Bliss.

Review: A warning for all us lazy catchall-ists, the concept of African music is thrown around far too readily here in the west. The continent is larger than mainland Europe, China and Australia combined and loaded with more styles than drum & bass has subgenres. Here are four more unique musical visions from the great continent; dubby highlife ("Liquid Lagos") shamanic lo-fi acid tech ("Fuji"), space disco ("Listen To The Beats Of Your Heart") and straight up wisdom ("Who Owns The Land") And if that's not enough to tempt you, all proceeds go to Human Rights Justice Group, Nigeria, too.

Review: Hot on the heels of the release of their brilliant debut album, Basar, Africaine 808 drop a fresh single. Intriguingly, "Everybody Wants To" is something of a departure from the polyrhythmic, global fusion style explored on Basar. Instead, it sees the Berlin-based duo explore the world of synthesizer-heavy space-funk. Of course, there's still plenty of Latin and African influences amongst the loose and organic percussion, but these seem to play second fiddle to the vocoder vocals, bustling bassline and intergalactic synthesizers that dominate. Of the two versions, it's the flipside 12" Disco Dance Mix that really hits the spot, with DJ Nomad and Dirk Leyers extending the groove and emphasizing the superb bassline for greater dancefloor enjoyment.

Review: The work of obscure, conscious funk outfit Africano has previously proved popular with reissue labels, in part due to the rare nature of their original 1970s releases. This limited 7" single features two of their finest tracks: the fairly well known "Open Your Heart", and 1973's "Satisfactorize Your Mind". While the latter is a string-drenched treat that feels like a dustier, slightly more psychedelic take on the Philadelphia International sound, it's "Open Your Heart" that most impresses. Featuring urgent, passionate vocals, winding horn lines and a stomping funk-soul beat, it remains the outfit's finest moment bar none.

Review: Back in soviet times when the official local music market was controlled by the biggest record monopoly in history "Melodiya", many local musicians who wanted to express themselves in actual form, released tapes themselves and spread it through a big underground market network called "Magnitizdat" (short of Magnetic Tape Release). It began in the 60s with soviet rock movement and illegal copies of foreign music which got through border with tourists, seamen and diplomats. In the late 80s you could find there many different shades of music from underground protest rock, post punk, avant-garde to a lot of electronic pop, local kind of italo disco and dj's mixtapes with a personal rap on top of it. Plus Seven Records begins a sublable series of remastered edits which narrate about dance part of this story.

Review: Not just a beautiful compliment to pay someone special, but a hugely influential record that inspired Floating Points' now legendary Plastic People parties, too... A super obscure and expensive one at that. Now re-issued on Floating Points' own Melodies imprint - across three 45s - the Detroit band get full exposure with the deliciously funky main track enjoying two versions before dipping into the softer, more pastoral charms of "I Feel Like Dancing" and the string-led swoon festival, "Theme For Someone Special". We close on two contrasting grooves; an earthy ballad ("Trust Me") and a Whitfield & Strong style funk instrumental ("Dance Awhile"). Cheers Sam!

Review: "Micronation is the Frank Agrario's new label. After some key releases on Internasjonal, Tom Tom Disco and Maxi Discs Frank decided to start his own vinyl label. Micronation is a declaration of independence, Frank makes his own rules, passports and stamps, while music is the currency. 02. Percussion, deep bases and Frank's trademark dubby dealys are all there. Bottin provides a killer rmx ready to destroy any dancefloor. Early support from Soul Clap, Jimpster, Munk, Swayzak, Mammarella and Thomas Von Party.""

Review: Bologna's Frank Agrario decided to take destiny into his own hands earlier this year, founding Micronation Records as an outlet for his music. The Ladonia EP - named after a disputed micro-nation in Southern Sweden - is Agrario's second missive for the imprint, and features a particularly luscious, amospheric dancefloor roller named after the state's most famous landmark, a sculpture called "Nimis". Arguably even better is "I Played That Track Already', a dusty, Detroit style deep house cut blessed with a bold cowbell line, sustained chords, and a nagging vocal hook. Rick Wade provides a deliciously deep and soulful interpretation of that track, while the softly jazzy, broken-house track "Lesboa" is also worth a listen.

Review: Rothmans are back with their 3rd release of 2014 and back in the squad is Brooklyn beat master Aimes. You might remember his substitiute appereance on Rothmans 2 alongside Fairplay & Strunz. The release plays homage to informous French defender Marius Tresor who hard nosed defending earned him a place in Pele's top 100 players of all time. He also made waves off the field with a brief singing carear but we will leave you to research that yourself!!. Back to the release and we find Aimes following on from where Ste Spandex left off with an up tempo trancy, acid belter 'Tunnel Down' . Tracks 2 lowers the tempo a little and feels a little more classic Rothmans with that Nu-Disco/Italo feel too it , a sound that served them so well through Roth 3 - 5. The remix comes in on the B side from the legendary Brassica , and he doesent pull any punches at all, the remix takes all the aspects of the origianl and weaves them into an 8min piece of original music that just keeps on giving! One of the remixes of the year from the London based wizard. Again Rothmans pull it out fo the bag in the last minute and deliver andother stella EP

Review: French selector and crate digger Jay Airiness comes correct with his debut edit collection on vinyl. As the title suggests, he's taking us on a tour of the east stopping off at various sweet spots along the way; "Magik Carpet" sees us taking off from LAX. The most trad disco cut of the bunch, its eastern bent is found in the Turkish snake-charming horns towards the end. "Arabian Disco" takes us further south toward Morocco with its resonant gourd twangs wrapping themselves loosely around the strutting beats. "Cornes De Gazelles" is the soundtrack to a party in old Delhi; all chaotic and energetic while "Walla Walla" sees us travelling further south to the shores of Goa for a sweaty throw down that's more funk and boogie than it is disco. Bon voyage!

Review: Five releases in and Al Bunz and Tone B Nimble switch up things on their Al Tone Edits series, downscaling from 12" releases to dinked 7"s but there is no drop in standards of quality. Dipping into their personal armoury of Disco, Soul, Funk, and Gospel weapons, All Tone come up trumps with the vocal disco burner "Silly" on the A-side, which features some heavily phased trickery that will delight the discotheque dancefloors. On the flip, "Dis-Go Theme" is an exercise in groove laden intensity, with the occasional detour into a vocal passage.

Review: Almost 18 months in the making; Derry doyens Q&D return with another beautifully detailed four track edit collection that's limited to 500 presses. Alan Mooney starts with bus with less of an edit and more of a stunning lesson in samplecraft as the ghost of Jacko creeps in and out of the filters. Vincenzo De Bull ups the tempo ante with a big loopy disco house gem while Napoleon conquers any dance with an edit of a Costa Rican disco delight. Finally the whole crew wind the EP with instantly distinctive strings and a thundering diva-drenched groove. You won't be able to stop yourselves...

Review: There's a roving international feel to Passport To Paradise that is befitting of the label's name, with their first two releases featuring the scalpel work of Italy's Beppe Loda and Nemas Problemas from Malmo crate diggers Wildlife Records. This third 12" sees the focus remain on Sweden and invites Frisbee Records boss Albion to sift through his archive of secret weapons. Lead cut "Kompression" sets the tone, a twinkling electro disco excursion with kosmische overtones that is positively spine tingling. Ric Piccolo and Albion team up for "No Es Computable," a deliciously wonky European number that features strange vocodered vocals and even stranger synth work. On the flip, "Super Magic Woman" offers some straight up vocal disco grooving, whilst "Anima" heads off into Pat Cowley does proto-house territory.

Review: The Bahnsteig 23 crew are flying towards the end of the year with a salvo of essential wares from their established crew and new faces alike. Sweden's Albion Venables has been doing the business on labels such as Ambassador's Reception and Macadam Mambo for the past seven years, and his first turn on Bahnsteig doesn't disappoint. In a flurry of eclecticism, the mood veers from the bubbling kosmische tones of "En Trance" through to the schlocky funk of "Schwarzen Mer", mixing live band dynamics with quirky electronics and keeping the groove delightfully authentic. The diversity maintains on the flip as "City People" taps up a moody New York flavour and "Die Marinette Der Zeit" strikes a more classic funk note.

Review: Croatian crate diggers and disco doyens Legalize Lambada come correct with their second EP: Swedish Frisbee chucker Albion takes the lead with two contrasting slices: Like a big old furry beast, "Yetti" bears demonic vocal teeth but shows a much softer side through its instrumentation while "Into Infinity" is, as its name suggests, pure cosmicity. Flip for a trip to Austria with Mike Burns as we're treated to early '80s European disco, "Enyin," and a bumper-to-bumper yacht hymn "This Ground". Lambada licking good. So good, in fact, it has to be illegal.

Review: The story goes that Phil Weeks was so impressed by the ten track demo submitted by Swiss producer Alci he immediately signed the 23 year old up for a three EP deal. Those that checked Alci's Robsoul debut earlier this year will no doubt have experienced feelings similar to Weeks' and this second Early Begginings 12" further showcases Alci's abundant talent for heavily filtered house in the classic Gallic vein. Furthermore, theres a diversity on show here, with the playful disco leaning lead A Side cut "1989" complemented by the burning, looper's delights that is "Urban Skills". Flip over and both "Within" and "Rope A Dope" demonstrate Alci's capacity for hypnotic, drum heavy DJ tools.

Review: "After the interruption PS is back. This time with the tropically-balearic EP by Moscow debutant Aleceo , who has changed his organised top-manager, live with a slow 808 tempo, Juno chords and microphone in the studio on the beach of magic island of Bali. With the magnetic remix, by Tokyo based maestro Max Essa, this pacific jam becomes a perfect, vinyl only slice of endless summer.
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Review: If you were one of the lucky few to pick up the illicit compilation A Few More Things From Ivan Smagghe (And Friends) the dapper French selector put out a few years ago you should be familiar with this one. "Civil Defense" by Danny Alias first emerged in 1984, a strange proto-everything-that-has-come-since track which was spun by the great Ron Hardy and has been a long term favourite of Smagghe and his KTDJ cohorts. It gets another lease of life thanks to Smagghe and Leon Oakey's always entertaining Les Disques De La Mort label with no less than five different versions to choose from, including a re-edit from the aforementioned Ron Hardy.

Review: Slow Motion present a brand new Italian artist Altieri. Based in the far east (currently Shanghai but he's worked as a designer across Japan too), his weighted analogue sounds are steeped in eastern influences from subtle found street sounds to all-out musical phrases. The arrangement of the EP has been carefully considered as we ignite with the slow-burning dubby inflections of "Sayoko" and the Nordic style creeps and bleeps of "Onibaku" to Black Strobe levels of rave subversion of "Ueno" and Bodzin-at-half-speed starlit tech of "Glax". A highly accomplished debut EP.

Review: Long term advocates of JD Twitch's selecting skills will be very happy to see the appearance of this 10" featuring the Optimo man's edit of Amadou & Mariam. Originally made back in 2008, this edit has been a staple of JD Twitch sets and was intended to be released as part of the third volume of the superb charity focused Autonomous Africa series that was issued earlier this year. Licensing issues put the kibosh on those plans, but with the edit having belatedly been granted permission Twitch elected to issue it as one off 10" instead of waiting for volume 4 in 2015. As with the best edits, Twitch's amendments to the original version of "Ce N'est Pas Bon" are subtle and understated, adding little rhythmic elements that make it easier to slip into a DJ set and hypnotise minds. All proceeds will once again go to the Mtandika mission in Tanzania.

Review: Seattle's Medical Records kick off their new Transfusions sublabel with a 12" featuring Italian veterans Alexander Robotnick and Ludus Pinsky. "N5 From Outer Space" and "Funfare" were originally featured on the duo's overlooked 2009 CD The Analog Session, and are here presented alongside pulsating alternate versions (the 'Summer" remixes) that happily emphasize the acid influences previously played down on their original versions. Those previously released tracks gleefully update Robotnick's "robo-disco" blueprint for the Creme generation, adding the kind of sweaty, hard-wired intensity that no doubt plays well in Rotterdam basements. Of the pair, it's the ragged "N5 From Outer Space" that arguably hits home hardest, though there's a gleeful "Moroder-on-pills" feel about "Funfare" that's highly attractive.

Review: Since his debut back in 2012, Anaxander has just kept on impressing with his personal touch to deep, teched-out house music. His travels have taken him to labels like Local Talk, Boe, Quintessentials, and now the wonderful Mondelisme Records for what is perhaps his biggest moment yet. "Party Track" is remixed by NDATL boss and all round house music don Kai Alce, who transforms this cut into a delightful deep house scorcher with a bouncy, feel-good approach. The B-side contains the more swanky, bass-heavy waves of "Turn Out", followed by Anaxander's own Midnight In Malmousque mix of "Party Track", a dirtier and more sleazy version than Alce's. Sick.

Review: The Melbourne artist most commonly known as Andras Fox reaffirms his bright light status with a mini-album under a new alias, House Of Dad, which arrives as the debut release on the label of the same name. Fox, real name Andy Wilson, has been in impressive form across a number of projects of late - Andras, A.R.T. Wilson and the Wilson Tanner collaboration with John Tanner among them - and fans of his rich approach to production will delight in this House Of Dad endeavour. Described as an homage to his plumber father, the six tracks veer from Gigi Masin-style piano meanderings to pattering electro workouts and deep house shufflers. Throughout it all, Wilson's measured talent for instrumentation shines through.

Review: Tel Aviv-based re-editor and producer Jean-Claude Gavri has decided to launch his own label, Keepers. The first release shines a light on the criminally underappreciated work of Scandinavian keys-man Roman Andren, wth Gavri breathing new life - via officially sanctioned, multi-track reworks - of two tunes from the Rain King album. Gavri does a particularly good job of remixing Afro-funk meets jazz-funk jam "Rain King (Oba Ojo)", subtly building up the pressure throughout, whilst giving the track a looser, sweatier feel. On the flip he turns his attention to the Tony Allen/Fela Kuti-influenced "The Child That I Am (Omo Kekere Ti Moje)", gradually building up the dancefloor pressure until it turns into a punchy Afro-disco smasher.

Review: Reissue specialists Be With have a reputation for unearthing slept-on or hard-to-find gems. Their latest 'find' is Anna's Systems Breaking Down, a fairly obscure, left-of-centre synth-pop cut that's long been a favourite with Italo-disco DJs. This 12" reissue includes both versions from the 1982 RCA 7". The A-side boasts the skewed original, where Anna O'Malley's stylish vocal and frustrated screams intermingle with sustained chords, chiming melodies and fuzzy, downtempo drum machine beats. The real killer, though, is the stripped-back flipside "Dance Remix". Boasting less vocal, delay-laden drum hits and woozier chords, it's this version that has long been a favourite amongst collectors.

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